Greek fans attended basketball game with Armenian flags and beat Turkish players.
Greek Cypriot fans attacked players of Turkish basketball team Pinar Karsiyaka who were in south part of Lefkosa to face Apoel in FIBA Eurochallenge Group C match Tuesday night.
Greek fans attended the match Apoel- Karsiyaka with Armenian flags and insulted Turkish players during the game. After the match, the fans went to the gym and beat the players, Turkish Zaman daily reports.
Apoel fans threw stones and gas bombs right after the referee blew the last whistle on the court, a club executive told the AA.
The rampage continued in corridors to the locker room as players of Pinar Karsiyaka were attacked by fans who were carrying sticks, team manager Nihat Mala said.
Some of the people in Turkish team were injured, he said.
Turkish team was stuck in the building for a while. Authorities cleared the way and they left for their hotel in Greek Cypriot side of Lefkosa. Turkish team alarmed Turkish Foreign Ministry about the incident. The team will spend the night at the hotel and then leave the island early on Wednesday, Pinar Karsiyaka executives said.
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